New Orleans Film Locations for People Magazine
I went down to the Gulf Coast back in early May to cover the oil spill. The first call I got when I hit the tarmac was from Redux asking if I could shoot a travel feature for my mother’s all-time favorite magazine, People. While her love for the magazine is slowly waning in proportion [...]
Rock Bottom Remainders for the AARP Bulletin
“Tuesdays with Morrie” author Mitch Albom channels The King (Elvis, not fellow bandmate Stephen King). Much like Brigadoon, the musical supergroup that is the Rock Bottom Remainders appears out of the mists only once in a blue moon. If you’re lucky to catch them in concert, you will be treated to the likes of literary [...]
Alice Tangerini for the AARP Bulletin
Fundamentally, it is the people I photograph who make the picture. Sometimes, accessories and location take my shoots to the next level of cool. To that end, I photographed the very sweet and very talented Alice Tangerini at the Museum of Natural History where she works. Alice is a botanical illustrator who creates beautiful works [...]
The Holy Land Experience
Last summer, I made a pilgrimage of sorts to a place I’d seen in a movie. I caught half of Bill Maher’s “Religulous” and saw a scene in which he interviews a man who plays Jesus at a theme park in Orlando called the Holy Land Experience. I was stupefied that such a place existed, [...]
Bobby
I photographed Bobby Coward for USA Today in December as he watched his efforts to make D.C. just a little more accessible for the disabled come to fruition. This month, twenty wheelchair accessible taxis are now roaming the streets of the city where there were none before. It’s hard to believe that it’s taken this [...]
The Renna-McElrath Family for USA TODAY
I photographed Cathy Renna and Leah McElrath as they took their daughter Rosemary to school for a USA TODAY story about a bill before the Washington City Council that would allow same-sex couples to marry. Cathy and Leah have already been married to each other twice. The first time was in a religious ceremony and [...]
Funeral Plot Real Estate for the Wall Street Journal
This was a pretty interesting story. The gentleman pictured above, Mr. John Dotson, purchased a double plot in a Maryland cemetery from a traveling salesman in the early 90s. He planned to spend the hereafter with his wife in the quiet memorial park near his home. However life (or death) is what happens when you’re [...]
Car Columnist Joseph White for the Wall Street Journal
I came back early from a marvelous weekend at the PDN Expo in New York (where I picked up a few new secret weapons) to shoot a job for the Wall Street Journal. I woke up extra early to drive into DC to follow WSJ senior editor, automotive industry reporter and columnist Joseph White as [...]
Air Guitar!
I recently got to shoot the 2009 US Air Guitar Championships for the Associated Press. It was totally awesome and totally metal. Who needs real guitars when you’re faced with talent and showmanship like this? Ryan Layman, stage name Stryker / Dreamcatcher, of Denver, Colo. smashes beer cans together during his set. My camera got [...]